For my son's night-shift nurse who changed my life without saying a word. I am paying it forward, and I thank you.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Super MOM!!!

While I would love to let your compliments of being super mom from the last post fill my head, and let it balloon up with pride.I cannot.I'm not completely sure how you all thought my house was clean from the last post, I mean all you saw was the back wall of the dining room, but if you want we can pretend the house was clean:)Its just that in a clean house the 4 month old room wouldn't look like this since he isn't even getting into stuff yet.................

And being a super mom, with a clean house her big boys would make their beds every morning before coming upstairs for breakfast.

And that same super mom, would have made her own bed....................

The playroom would never look like this..........................

we can pretend that making baby food is hard, and time consuming, and with four kids AMAZING! BUT, I promise it is soooooo easy!

What If I blogged about snapping at a boy for having to tell him to get his shoes on for the 8th time in 5 minutes, or at another for rolling his eyes at me.

Laundry would always be folded and put away.......................

Or what if I wrote about the time I threw the spoon, and bowl across the room when Alex threw everything up after a 45 minute feed for the third time that day and there was absolutely no light at the end of the "throwing up feeding tunnel", what would you say then?

Then there is the time I let one of my boys pee into my water jug because he had to go so bad, and we were in the middle of Saint Louis traffic with no bathroom in sight, then I proceeded to dump the pee out the window onto the street, cause I'm not driving around with 60oz of pee sloshing in my car.

I could tell you about the time I bumped little infant Noah's head into the wall cause I was trying to move ever so carefully around the house in complete dark.Or when I kept giving Joel his penicillin because the hives didn't come until day 8, so I was sure it couldn't be that.Or that time, or those times I didn't give Max a bath because the days all ran together so fast until his sweet stinky feet reminded me it might be time.

And a super mom would certainly not leave the spot on the wall that has been waiting for him since April 2009, empty..........................

I'm not super mom. Like you, I'm doing the best I can everyday, some days I do fabulous, some days, I should think of another profession, but like you when I get up in the morning I set out to be the best mom I can be.

12 comments:

Thanks for the laugh! And, thanks for letting me know that I'm not alone! And, you are right, being a good Momma doesn't always mean that we do everything perfectly, it's just that we keep trying to do our best! HUGS!!!

You still are a super mom!! I absolutely loved this post! When I got the end and saw you with your boys I teared up a little bit!! Being a Mom is wonderful and that picture at the end sums it up and could easily be a wordless wednesday picture!!!!

Well Jess, no matter how you want to word it, "Super Mom" or "Just doing the best I can Mom", you still are amazing to me. You inspire, encourage, and help me to be a better mom to my two beautiful children.

You ARE doing an amazing job with your family. I know you are not perfect, your house is not perfect, and your boys do things that boys should be doing, but don't deny yourself the compliments and encouragement that you get from those that care about you. You go above and beyond for your boys. It's your gift! Accept it!

First of all, YOU ARE SUPERMOM.... I honestly don't know how in the world you do it...Second of all... you have some gorgeous boys.Third of all, I LOVE your house... its beautiful....Lastly, I really needed this post... I need to know I don't have to be super mom.... just be a mommy to the ones that matter.... no matter what my house looks like.... my favorite is the empty pic frame that Max needs to be in... Haha, made me giggle... I have pictures of my boys beside the number they are.... needless to say, Isaac is 4, but the pic hasn't even been taken yet... I feel ya! :)

Paying it forward

My new normal

I am a mamma bear to 4 boys. I take each day as it comes even when the worst becomes reality. I was forever changed by my son's night shift nurse in 2007, she changed my life without saying a word. I have turned these mountains into victories by going back to school, and becoming a nurse, and will pay it forward until my journey ends with a little crossfit in between.

-Alex was born with Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome.Pulmonary hypertension at birth.Malrotation of the intestines.Uracheal cystPhase 2 kidney reflux (right side)Angulated thumbsmild near sighted in right eyedysphagiaPDA

-At five years old my son Max was diagnosed with type one diabetes. He depends on insulin, and each day is a job to stay alive, he is my hero.

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In the middle of the night at my lowest moment my sons nurse touched my heart without saying a word. I went to school and I'm paying it forward. #newkindofnormal #RTS #typeonediabetes #nurselife #payitforward #crossfit #momswhocrossfit #nurseswhocrossfit